OHS Orchestras Updates (Week of November 18)

SENIOR DISTRICT ORCHESTRA AUDITIONSare TOMORROW, November 19th at Kilmer Middle School, 8100 Wolftrap Road, Vienna, VA 22182. Good luck to all of our student musicians who are auditioning!

NEXT NY TRIP DEPOSIT of $100 is due the week of November 25, before Thanksgiving!
Please send in your check, payable to "Oakton High School", with "trip
deposit" noted in the memo line. Additional check deposits will be
collected monthly. The final trip amount is approximately $650, based
on total/final number of trip participants.

CHEESECAKE PICK-UPSwill take place next Monday afternoon, November 25 in the OHS Lecture Hall from 2 - 4 p.m. Cheesecakes
must be retrieved in this timeframe as they need to stay refrigerated
and we cannot store them! Please mark your calendars. We need parent volunteers to help from 12:15 to 2 p.m. (sorting of orders) and from 2 to 4 p.m. (distribution of orders). Please contact Cheesecake Coordinator Tammy Ham to volunteer!

BARNES & NOBLE BOOK FAIR will take place Black Friday, November 29th at the Fair Lakes Promenade store. Support the OHS Orchestras while doing your holiday shopping on Black Friday (any time on Friday is fine!) B&N will donate a percentage of all sales to our orchestra program! Gift-wrapping
shifts will run from from 3:30 to 11 p.m. Student performances,
crafts and story-telling shifts will run from 5 to 9 p.m.Use the print-at-home vouchers under the "Barnes & Noble Fundraiser" tab of the Orchestra Website or
mention the OHS Orchestras at check-out in the store. You can also
order online from November 29 - December 3 using unique code #11080439.

Mr.
Oppenheimer will have student sign-up sheets in class. We need plenty
of parent volunteers to assist with gift wrapping and voucher
distribution. Parents should sign up for a convenient shift at the
Sign-Up genius link here: B&N Parent Volunteers. We appreciate your support! Please contact B&N Coordinator Connie Lehman with questions.

OHS ORCHESTRAS HOLIDAY CONCERT will
take place Thursday, December 12 at 7 p.m. OHS Auditorium. Call time
(check-in) is 6 p.m. Only 7 more class meetings before the concert - practice, practice, practice!

NEW DECEMBER CONCERT AND REHEARSAL DATES FOR CHAMBER ORCHESTRA! The Chamber Orchestra will be VERY BUSY in December! Please mark your family calendars for the following new rehearsal and concert dates:

After-School Rehearsals: Friday, December 6 from 2:15 to 4 p.m. AND Wednesday, December 11 from 2:15 to 4 p.m.

Cougar Time Rehearsals: Monday, December 2 and Monday, December 16

"Carols in the Concourse" Run-Out Concert:
Thursday, December 19 from 2:30 to approx. 8 p.m., Dulles
International Airport. United Airlines has invited us to perform holiday
music in the concourse to boost seasonal spirit for tired travelers.
This is not a mandatory event, but participation is HIGHLY ENCOURAGED -
participants will earn points towards their Orchestra Letter and
community service hours for NHS or other purposes (and it will also be
just plain fun). School bus will transport kids to and from the
airport. Mr. Oppenheimer will be distributing more details soon. WE NEED
6 OR 7 PARENT CHAPERONES TO HELP SUPERVISE!!! Please contact Patty Lankenau to
volunteer ASAP as we need to provide the TSA with a fixed list of
personnel very soon so that the clearance process can get underway.
Please contact Mr. Oppenheimer with questions.

ROOM PARENT NEEDED FOR CONCERT ORCHESTRA!We need one or two more room parents for the Concert Orchestra! Please
don't neglect this terrific group of kids! Parents are need to
volunteer for concert support (checking in the kids before each concert)
and coordinating celebratory festivities (providing goodies after each
terrific concert)! Please contactPatty Lankenau if you can serve as a room parent for the concert class.